Convertible swing construction



Aug. 9, 1949. J. J. SULLIVAN CONVERTIBLE SWING CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 11, 1947 NVEIYTOR.

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CONVERTIBLE SWING CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 11, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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Patented Aug. 9, 1949 UN ITED STATES TEN OFFICE CQNVERTQBLE SWING CONSTRUCTION James J. Sullivan, West Warren, Mass. Application August 11, 1947,, Serial No. 7.67.885.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to foldable, convertible swings and adjustable chairs and the like, and the principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a swing or chair or similar type of article which is selectively used as a swing or easily convertible into a chair, but, at the same time, such chair or other article is adjustable as to the back rest and foot rest so that the occupant thereof may sit up or recline or arrange the article at any position in between.

Further objects of the invention reside in the provision of a frame for supporting a swing-like chair by means of two pairs of members suspended from the top of the frame and connected to the arms of the chair, such members being quickly and easily removable from the frame, swung around under the bottom of the seat of the chair, and crossed to provide a fixed support for the device.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation showing the device used as a swing;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the device of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the device used as a chair with a fixed support;

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation illustrating a modification of suspension;

Fig. 5 is a view in front elevation of the device of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is an illustration of the device folded.

This invention relates to compactly foldable swings, chairs, and the like which are selectively suspended to swing, or are supported on the ground or floor and, at the same time, incorporating in both conditions, adjustable constructions which allow the occupant to sit up, recline, or assume any position in between.

In Figs. 1 and 2, there is shown a frame generally indicated at H] which is in the form of an A and has a top cross bar IE to which is secured a pair of hooks or eye bolts l4. These hooks or eye bolts are used for suspending hooks l6, each of which is in the form of an inverted U, see Fig. 1, each leg of the U having an upturned hook as illustrated at I8 for being received in holes in the ends of a pair of members 20, the hooks suspending the latter separately.

Members 20 are provided with slots or holes as at 22 at their opposite ends and in these holes are received pins, bolts, or the like 24 which pivotally secure together arm rests 26, a back rest 28, and

a leg rest 30. The back rest depends below the arm rest 26 and is pivotally connected at 34 by a seat frame member 32 to the leg rest. A foot rest 36 may also be applied to the lower end of the le rest 36 if desired and a strip of material 38 may be employed to form a continuous back support and leg support means.

It will be apparent that the device as shown and described is a swing which may be made of a width to accommodate a single occupant or several occupants, and due to the pivoted construction, the same may be positioned in the solid line position of Fig. 2 or it may be stretched out horizontally, or it may assume the dotted line position so that the occupant may swing whether reclining, sitting up, or at any position in between.

The members 20 may be removed from the hooks l6 and swung around crossing each other as illustrated in Fig. 3 and then connected together by dowels or by bolts as indicated at 40 so as to provide a fixed support for the device as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. However, in this position also the back rest seat and leg rest are also fully adjustable as above described, so that this invention presents a multiple use adjustable chair which may be used as a swing or is easily convertible also to the chair position as shown in Fig. 3.

By the use of slots 22 the device may be compactly folded as illustrated in Fig. 6 for storage and carrying.

As illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, the members 20 could be dispensed with and an inverted T- shaped member 42 having a bar 44 may be used to support the entire device but still in adjusted condition from a single rod or bar or even a branch of a tree.

This particular construction is adapted to use with hospital chairs wherein the seating arrangement, with the T-shaped members 42, may be mounted on a wheel chair chassis and the patient wheeled out into a yard or the like. The hooks may then be suspended on any convenient support and the wheel chair chassis removed, leaving the patient in comfortable sitting condition of any adjustment, the wheel chair chassis then being useful for other patients; and it will be seen that by this means any number of patients may be comfortable out in the open air or other place with the use of but one or a few wheel chair chassis.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a frame in the form of a parallelogram including a back rest member, a leg rest member, and interpivoted parallel seat and arm rest members, and a pair of pivoted arms on the frame, said arms being selectively positioned overhead to suspend the device or swing under the frame, crossed and pinned together to form a ground support, said frame being adjustable between sitting and reclining positions in either condition.

2. A convertible adjustable chair or the like comprising a pair of spaced parallel members, a leg and foot rest pivoted at corresponding ends of the members and a back rest pivoted at the other ends thereof, a pair of arms pivoted to one member at the opposite ends thereof, and detachable means swingingly suspending the arms, the latter being selectively swung under the chair into 4 a crossed position and pinned to act as a ground support, said members, rests, and arms all being foldable on their pivots to cause the chair to assume an elongated but narrow folded condition.

JAMES J. SULLIVAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 634,030 Ritter Oct. 3, 1899 1,478,768 Schwartz Dec. 25, 1923 1,573,357 Phoenix Feb. 16, 1926 1,845,142 Friesner Feb. 16, 1932 

